[ti:Google's Passkeys to Replace Passwords] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]There is good news for people who hate passwords. [00:05.32]Google has added a different way to log in to its services. [00:11.04]This new feature employs the use of "passkeys." [00:16.12]Passkeys represent a safer alternative [00:19.88]to passwords and texted confirmation codes. [00:24.32]Users will not ever see the passkeys directly. [00:28.92]Instead, an online service like Gmail [00:32.96]will use them to communicate directly with a trusted device [00:38.08]such as your phone or computer to log you in. [00:42.92]All a person has to do is confirm their identity on the device. [00:49.32]This confirmation, also known as verification, [00:54.08]can take several forms. [00:56.64]It could be a PIN unlock code, [01:00.16]a fingerprint or face scan, or a physical security dongle. [01:06.80]Google designed its passkeys to work with different kinds of devices. [01:12.60]You can use them on iPhones, Mac and Windows computers [01:18.36]as well as Google's own Android phones. [01:23.16]Thanks to smart hackers and human weakness, [01:26.96]passwords are just too easy to steal or defeat. [01:31.68]And making them more complex [01:34.28]just opens the door to users defeating themselves. [01:38.92]In short, passwords put security and ease of use directly at odds. [01:46.36]In addition to getting around these problems, [01:49.96]passkeys have one additional strength over passwords. [01:54.80]Passkeys are specific to websites, [01:58.68]so hackers cannot steal a passkey from one website [02:03.08]and then use it to steal from a person's bank account. [02:08.00]The first step to using passkeys [02:10.80]is to enable them for your Google account. [02:14.52]On any trusted phone or computer, open the browser [02:19.28]and sign in to your Google account. [02:23.04]Then visit the page g.co/passkeys [02:27.96]and select the choice to "start using passkeys." [02:32.48]The passkey feature is now activated for that account. [02:38.68]If you are on an Apple device, [02:41.36]you will first be asked to set up the Keychain app [02:45.68]if you are not already using it. [02:48.76]It securely stores passwords and now passkeys as well. [02:54.12]The next step is to create the actual passkeys [02:58.28]that will connect your trusted device. [03:01.60]If you are using an Android phone [03:04.56]that is already logged into your Google account, [03:08.00]you are most of the way there. [03:11.36]Android phones are ready to use passkeys, [03:14.56]though you still have to enable the function first. [03:19.48]On the same Google account page noted above, [03:22.64]look for the "Create a passkey" button. [03:26.20]Pressing it will open a window [03:28.84]and let you create a passkey [03:31.08]either on your current device or on another device. [03:36.20]There is no wrong choice; [03:38.28]the system will simply notify you if that passkey already exists. [03:44.64]If you are on a PC that cannot create a passkey, [03:48.72]it will open a QR code [03:51.32]that you can scan with the cameras on iPhones and Android devices. [03:57.16]You may have to move the phone closer [04:00.04]until the message "Set up passkey" appears. [04:04.00]Tap that and you are on your way. [04:08.16]From that point on, signing into Google [04:11.36]will only require you to enter your email address. [04:15.60]If you have gotten passkeys set up correctly, [04:18.80]you will simply get a message on your phone or other device [04:23.24]asking you for your fingerprint, your face or a PIN. [04:28.12]Of course, your password is still there. [04:31.64]But if passkeys take off, [04:34.00]the odds are good you will not be needing it very much. [04:37.84]You may even choose to delete it from your account someday. [04:43.24]I'm John Russell. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM